Planned, ongoing and recently completed clinical trials for atherosclerosis prevention and regression: an update.

abstract：:Gene transfer technology is under exploration to find therapies for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. The technology of genetic transfer can also be used as a neurobiological tool to understand the role of various genes in animal models of neurodegeneration. We describe t...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Frim DM,Kang UJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the tumour selectivity of cytotoxic drugs through conjugation to tumour-reactive monoclonal antibodies may lead to novel, more potent agents for cancer therapy. The maytansinoid drugs are 100- to 1000-fold more cytotoxic in vitro than current clinical anticancer drugs. We recently demonstrated that conjugati...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Liu C,Chari RV

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) comprises a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by chronic, unexplained hypereosinophilia with organ involvement. The discovery of novel molecular targets has changed the therapeutic paradigm in HES. OBJECTIVE:This article reviews the current medical managemen...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Quintás-Cardama A,Cortes J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Plasma kallikrein is a  mediator of vascular leakage and inflammation. Activation of plasma kallikrein can induce features of diabetic macular edema (DME) in preclinical models. Human vitreous shows elevated plasma kallikrein levels in patients with DME. Because of the incomplete response of some patient...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Bhatwadekar AD,Kansara VS,Ciulla TA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Progesterone receptor (PR) agonists (progestins) and antagonists are developed for female contraceptives. However, non-contraceptive applications of newer progestins and PR modulators are being given more attention. AREAS COVERED:The newer PR agonists including drospirenone, nomegestrol, trimegestone, die...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Su Y,Lian QQ,Ge RS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sitagliptin is a once-daily, orally active, competitive and fully reversible inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase 4, the enzyme that is responsible for the rapid degradation of the incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide-1. It is the first in this new class of antihyperglycaemic agents to gain regulatory approval for the ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Deacon CF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite the heterogeneity of prostate cancer (PCa), androgen stimulation is fundamental to its development, growth, and lethality. Therefore, the blockade of androgen receptor (AR) signaling is critical to controlling the disease, even after progression with castrate levels of androgens. AREAS COVERED:We ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Isaacsson Velho P,Carducci MA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female hormonal contraceptive methods have undergone slow change over the past four decades. Due to social, political and legal reasons, as well as medical complications, several new methods have been removed from the contraceptive armamentarium almost as quickly as they have been added. With worldwide unintended preg...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Economidis MA,Mishell DR Jr

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the treatment of advanced/metastatic head and neck cancer (HNC), resistance to chemotherapy and to anti-EGFR agents remains a major issue, and new molecular drugs are eagerly awaited. Over the last decade, knowledge of the genetic landscape of HNC has rapidly grown. However, no tailored therapeutic inte...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Bossi P,Alfieri S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Available drugs partially attenuate the hyperglycemia characteristic of diabetes. However, successful approaches to treat the root cause or to cure or prevent diabetes remain elusive. Drug discovery and development programs continue to focus on mechanisms that impact specific symptoms of diabetes. In 2014,...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Colca JR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Minimal change disease (MCD) and Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) are two of the major causes of nephrotic syndrome (NS) in children and adults. According to KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) guidelines, the treatment of adult primary MCD and FSGS should be based on immunosuppr...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Siligato R,Cernaro V,Nardi C,De Gregorio F,Gembillo G,Costantino G,Conti G,Buemi M,Santoro D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Asthma is a common respiratory disease characterized by airway inflammation, bronchoconstriction and airway hyperresponsiveness and symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Allergic rhinitis is a common comorbidity in asthma and glucocorticoids are the key stone in the ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Meteran H,Backer V

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor receptor is a cell membrane growth factor receptor that plays a key role in cancer development and progression. Epidermal growth factor receptor-activated signalling pathways control cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis and metastatic spread in the majority of human epithelial cancer...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Ciardiello F,Tortora G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are a new class of targeted anticancer agents. Several HDAC inhibitors are in clinical trials and have shown significant activity against a spectrum of both haematological and solid tumours at doses that are well tolerated by patients. HDACs and histone acetyltransferases can, by ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Marks PA,Dokmanovic M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting cellular proliferation persists as a mainstay of cancer therapeutic strategy. Although microtubule-targeting drugs (such as taxanes and vinca alkaloids) have been used successfully in the clinic to treat a variety of cancers, they carry substantial liabilities that have spurred drug companies to aggressively...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Miglarese MR,Carlson RO

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since the discovery of the activating V617F mutation in Janus kinase 2 (JAK2), a number of pharmacologic inhibitors of JAK2 have entered clinical trials for patients with myelofibrosis. However, ruxolitinib, approved in 2011, remains the only one currently available for treatment of myelofibrosis, with man...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Bose P,Abou Zahr A,Verstovsek S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable advances have been made on compounds that are active as inhibitors of HIV entry and fusion. The discovery of chemokines a few years ago focused the attention on coreceptor inhibitors in addition to fusion and attachment blockers. During the last 5 years, there has been an intense research activity from bo...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Citterio P,Rusconi S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prognosis for patients with oesophagogastric (OG) cancer remains poor, with a median survival of approximately 9 - 11 months for patients with metastatic disease. However, a more personalised approach to treatment, using drugs tailored to the molecular characteristics of patients' tumours, has the pote...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Moorcraft SY,Chau I

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Several studies have demonstrated the high prevalence of hypertension and the crucial role of the association between endothelial function and hypertension. Thus, in depth investigation of the pathophysiological mechanisms linking endothelial dysfunction and hypertension, as well as evaluation o...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Tousoulis D,Papageorgiou N,Androulakis E,Paroutoglou K,Stefanadis C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to a variety of other novel agents, interest in histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) as antineoplastic drugs has recently accelerated and increasing numbers of these compounds have entered clinical trials in humans. HDACIs represent a prototype of molecularly targeted agents that perturb signal transduc...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Rosato RR,Grant S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The introduction of therapy with tumor necrosis factor antagonists (aTNF) was a cornerstone of treatment modalities in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). After > 10 years of using aTNF, the introduction of aTNF therapy was a major step forward in the medical management of patients with spondyloarth...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Braun J,Baraliakos X,Heldmann F,Kiltz U

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus is the most common chronic, blood-bourne infection, affecting 170 million people worldwide, approximately 3% of the global population. Of those infected with hepatitis C virus, 50 - 85% will develop chronic hepatitis C. Although hepatitis C is primarily a disease of the liver, a diagnosis is currentl...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Pockros PJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Antiangiogenic strategies are affording considerable interest and have become a major milestone in therapeutics of various adult cancers. However, progress has been slow to expand such therapies to patients with pediatric solid malignancies. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW:This review discusses th...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Taylor M,Rössler J,Geoerger B,Vassal G,Farace F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD:Molecules isolated from animals, insects, plants or microorganisms can provide prototypes for design of biopharmaceutical products. Some venom toxins and their derivatives are used in medicine, while others provide templates for development of new drugs. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW:The mild to...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Kerkis I,Silva Fde S,Pereira A,Kerkis A,Rádis-Baptista G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Therapeutic oligonucleotides have emerged as a promising new class of drug that could silence undruggable targets; they can potentially treat metabolic liver diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hereditary hemochromatosis and alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency. Areas covered: This artic...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Alkhouri N,Gawrieh S

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a painful, sterile, disorder of the urinary bladder characterised by urgency, frequency, nocturia and pain. IC occurs primarily in women but also in men with recent findings indicating that chronic, abacterial prostatitis may be a variant of this condition. The prevalence of IC has ranged...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Theoharides TC,Sant GR

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural cell transplantation is an emerging therapy that may provide an effective treatment for neurodegenerative disorders. The most extensive work with neural transplants has been carried out for Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. However, intensive efforts are also being made for the treatment of other neurologi...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Dinsmore JH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a serious illness with far reaching societal and economic ramifications. The monoamine-deficiency hypothesis that depressive symptoms are associated with reductions in monoamine neurotransmission, particularly serotonin and noradrenaline, is supported by both neurochemical findings a...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Bymaster FP,McNamara RK,Tran PV

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical use of cannabinoids is currently a topic of interest not exclusively, but most importantly, concerning different areas of pain therapy. One of the major obstacles in developing clinically acceptable compounds is the cannabimimetic side-effect profile of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other cannabi...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Karst M,Wippermann S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The salivary gland (SG) in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is characterized by its lack of function (hyposalivation) and lymphocytic invasion. Small-molecule inhibitors (SMIs) are a new class of drugs, whose diminutive size permits diffusion into cells. SMIs targeting components of the immune system are e...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Pringle S,Wang X,Bootsma H,Spijkervet FKL,Vissink A,Kroese FGM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00